EPISODE #3
15 June 2021 GUESTS: Paul Kazyoba, Director of Research, Tanzania National Institute for Medical Research Thabi Maitin, Division Manager, South African Medical Research Council
COVID-19 in Africa: the role of research
Sharing experiences and perspectives on how Tanzania and South Africa’s research communities have tackled the pandemic.
About this episode
Africa has not seen the same scale of devastation from COVID-19 seen in other regions. Join host Garry Aslanyan as he and his guests explore some of the reasons why African countries have been able to deal with the pandemic so effectively. These include a prior experience in dealing with epidemics such as Ebola, strong sub-regional research networks and long-standing investments in research capacity.
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Biographies of our host and guests
Garry Aslanyan
Biography
Dr Garry Aslanyan leads the Global Health Matters podcast team and he hosts the monthly episodes, which brings a focus to health science and research topics to a wide audience with a special focus on Low and Middle Income Countries (LMICs).
Dr Garry Aslanyan works at TDR, the Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases where he manages TDR’s donor relations and governance, impact grants and partnerships, including the ESSENCE initiative.
In the past 20 years, Dr Aslanyan has taken on many roles that allowed him to lead various organizational and technical innovations. He is a recognized leader in public health, research/innovation management, healthy policy and global health diplomacy, both globally and in his home country - Canada.
To keep updated with more GHM podcast content and share your thoughts, you can follow Garry on Twitter at @GarryAslanyan
